Moderators Zedman240® Posted July 10, 2008 Moderators Posted July 10, 2008 Got some number plates and just curious what area they are from and any other info.... Appreciated! Quote
Zeddophile Posted July 10, 2008 Posted July 10, 2008 Well, the kanji with the 3 vertical lines before the number 58 is 'yama' or mountain.... Not sure if thats the pronunciation which would be used here though - I'll have a look around... *EDIT* They are from Toyama prefecture. The number 5 in 58 means they came off a car of less than 2 litre capacity, and the '8' part of it could give an indication of time of issue to someone with more idea than me. Up till 1967, they just had a 5 by itself, but when they ran out of number combinations to use in the main plate body (where yours says 39-46), they added a 1 after the 5, and started again. When they ran out, they started using 52, and so on. In 1998 they started to use 3 digit codes (ie. 500). The fact that they are white with green lettering means they are from a private vehicle of more than 660cc engine capacity. The character before the main plate number is to give more combinations of numbers - there are a set number of characters which can be used with the different plate colours (white, green, yellow). Information on other Japanese plates: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_license_plates Its quite a complex yet interesting system. Quote
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